If you are a current Linnaeus Associate, you will need to apply internally. In order to do this, please contact our Talent Acquisition team (details can be found via The Link) and someone will be in touch to discuss and progress your application.

Your role and responsibilities

We are looking for a fabulous nurse who shares our values. If you share the passion for incredible standards of care with a gentle, kind and empathetic nature we want to hear from you.

You will be doing what you do best – nursing. We utilise our nurses and encourage them to excel in all areas. We have a designated customer care team and a patient care assistant team so there is minimal reception and cleaning duties. Our nurses are encouraged and supported to undertake all aspects of nursing up to and including schedule 3.

This role will require working a 5 days a week at Kingsnorth Hospital.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave

RCVS & VDS fees paid

External CPD funded

Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program

Career progression opportunities

Staff discount schemes

Enhanced sickness pay

Enhanced equal family leave

Recruitment referral reward scheme

Wellness program including:

Employee assistance program

Eyecare voucher scheme

Free annual Flu jab

Cycle to work scheme

Childcare vouchers

About us

At Cinque Ports we do things a little differently. We asked our fabulous nurse team what their favourite things are about nursing with ‘the Cinque Ports difference’ and these are their replies:

‘I love the fact that the patient journey is overseen by a registered veterinary nurse from admit, pre meds to recovery and discharge’

‘We have reliable monitoring equipment including capnography for all GA’s’

‘We have the time to spend with those nervous patients, we use lots of social clinics, we use fear free handing and chemical restraint where necessary and we never, ever scruff cats!’

‘It the little things like having a calm, quiet, cat waiting area - cat ward. The cats are never anywhere near any dogs and there are plenty of cat castles, roomy kennels and lots of Pet Remedy’

‘We use multi-modal analgesia with pain scores. We even use local anaesthetic for our neutering's as standard.’

‘We treat every patient as if they are our own and we are all on the same page, we use freeze spray or emla for blood and cannulas to make it as easy as possible for our patients.

‘Our standard of care is on a referral centre level, but we are a close knit team with a family feel and no out of hours’

If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further, please get in touch with our Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

We are proud to be Linnaeus, part of Mars.

Linnaeus is a forward-thinking group of highly respected primary care and specialist referral practices in the UK and Ireland. Being family owned and part of Mars Veterinary Health, the largest veterinary company in the world, allows us to focus on advancing the veterinary profession to provide industry-leading pet care and unique career opportunities for our people.

Why Linnaeus?

-    We pride ourselves in offering high-quality excellence of service and clinical care for our clients and their pets

-    We lead on sustainability and collectively drive positive change for people, pets and the planet

-    We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing – valuing equity, diversity and inclusion

-    We support your personal and professional development with best-in-class career frameworks and training programmes. We will empower and support you to grow your career from day one.

We team up within our Mars family in partnership for a stronger future.

Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We treat each other fairly and equitably and we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our Associates.

At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people.

If you would like to apply for this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button or for more information or please reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@linnaeusgroup.co.uk